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New Zealand prisoners' prior exposure to trauma Marianne Bevan

By: Bevan, Marianne.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal.Publisher: Department of Corrections, 2017Subject(s): FAMILY VIOLENCE | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | MĀORI | MEN | PACIFIC PEOPLES | PASIFIKA | PREVALENCE | PRISONERS | TRAUMA | VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online | Download journal In: Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal, 2017, 5(1): 8-17Summary: This study quantifies prisoners’ lifetime exposure to potentially traumatising events using data from the recent study on the comorbidity of mental health and substance abuse disorders (Indig, Gear and Wilhelm, 2016). The study identified high rates of lifetime exposure to potentially traumatising events – for example, over half (57 percent) of prisoners have experienced sexual and/or family violence and the rate was higher for women at 75 percent compared to 56 percent for men. This could have implications for the management and treatment of people in prison, including the need for trauma-informed practice and for further work exploring the relationship between family violence victimisation and perpetration. (Executive summary). Read this paper online or download the whole journal. Record #5636
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Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal, 2017, 5(1): 8-17

This study quantifies prisoners’ lifetime exposure to potentially traumatising events using data from the recent study on the comorbidity of mental health and substance abuse disorders (Indig, Gear and Wilhelm, 2016). The study identified high rates of lifetime exposure to potentially traumatising events – for example, over half (57 percent) of prisoners have experienced sexual and/or family violence and the rate was higher for women at 75 percent compared to 56 percent for men. This could have implications for the management and treatment of people in prison, including the need for trauma-informed practice and for further work exploring the relationship between family violence victimisation and perpetration. (Executive summary). Read this paper online or download the whole journal. Record #5636